Li, L. L.; An, X. H.; Imrich, P. J.; Zhang, P.; Zhang, Z. J.; Dehm, G.; Zhang, Z. F.: Microcompression and cyclic deformation behaviors of coaxial copper bicrystals with a single twin boundary. Scripta Materialia 69, pp. 199 - 202 (2013)
Zhang, Z.; Li, H.; Daniel, R.; Mitterer, C.; Dehm, G.: Insights into the atomic and electronic structure triggered by ordered nitrogen vacancies in CrN. Physical Review B 87 (1), pp. 014104-1 - 014104-9 (2013)
Li, J.; Zarif, M. Z.; Dehm, G.; Schumacher, P.: Influence of impurity elements on the nucleation and growth of Si in high purity melt-spun Al–Si-based alloys. Philosophical Magazine 92 (31), pp. 3789 - 3805 (2012)
Cordill, M. J.; Taylor, A. A.; Berger, J.; Schmidegg, K.; Dehm, G.: Robust mechanical performance of chromium-coated polyethylene terephthalate over a broad range of conditions. Philosophical Magazine 92 (25-27), pp. 3346 - 3362 (2012)
Taylor, A. A.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: On the limits of the interfacial yield model for fragmentation testing of brittle films on polymer substrates. Philosophical Magazine 92 (25-27), pp. 3363 - 3380 (2012)
Yang, B.; Motz, C.; Rester, M.; Dehm, G.: Yield stress influenced by the ratio of wire diameter to grain size – a competition between the effects of specimen microstructure and dimension in micro-sized polycrystalline copper wires. Philosophical Magazine Letters; Nano-mechanical testing in materials research and development III 92 (25-27), pp. 3243 - 3256 (2012)
Heinz, W.; Dehm, G.: Grain resolved orientation changes and texture evolution in a thermally strained Al film on Si substrate. Surface and Coatings Technology 206 (7), pp. 1850 - 1854 (2011)
Taylor, A. A.; Edlmayr, V.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: The effect of temperature and strain rate on the periodic cracking of amorphous AlxOy films on Cu. Surface and Coatings Technology 206 (7), pp. 1855 - 1859 (2011)
Taylor, A. A.; Edlmayr, V.; Cordill, M. J.; Dehm, G.: The effect of film thickness variations in periodic cracking: Analysis and experiments. Surface and Coatings Technology 206 (7), pp. 1830 - 1836 (2011)
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